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Definition of brachiate in English:

brachiate

verb

(of certain apes) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch:

‘the gibbons brachiate energetically across their enclosure’

‘a brachiating mode of locomotion’

‘Here we see the elusive and shy marsh gibbon, brachiating through the sphagnum swamps.’

‘For the gibbon, the only truly arm-swinging primate, the arms are long and flexible, and the legs, short and reduced - basically to get them out of the way as the owner brachiates through the trees.’

‘Humans are descended from apes, brachiating creatures who are at home hanging from branches.’

‘But whereas my distant ancestors were brachiating primates hastily adapted for lives on open plains, hers were dedicated hunters, perhaps forest-dwelling quadrupeds who - God knows how or when - began to use tools.’